In German POW camps, cigarettes, chocolate and coffee from Red Cross parcels could buy almost anything. Harry Watson later joked: “If I’d had enough cigarettes and chocolate, I could have got a Tiger tank!” #WW2 #POW
"Coffee, coffee, coffee. My grandmother keeps sending me this stuff. Yeah, keep it. I must go. It's okay, you can keep it. We're friends. With you and the cooler, will we still be friends? I must report this. I don't understand you, Bernadette. You and I were chatting in my room? I must go. Oh, here it's okay. I'll never be obedient at all. I've done all I can. I'll never be obedient at all. Get it, get it."
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In German POW camps, cigarettes, chocolate and coffee from Red Cross parcels could buy almost anything. Harry Watson later joked: “If I’d had enough cigarettes and chocolate, I could have got a Tiger tank!” #WW2 #POW
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